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KANO IN CONTEXT/SUPPORT FROM UKDEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT (DFID)
BY
Dr. Abba Zakari Umar
Head of DFID
Northern Nigeria
24th May 2011
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Kano Population
Kano state was created on 27th of May 1967
Population 2006 census 9,383,682 (5,725,116 in1991)-
Population increased by 61% in 15 years!
Males 52.63% and females 47.37%
Metropolitan population 3,628,861 (approx
39%)-rapid urbanisation/pollution
N/Kano 3,143,899 and S/Kano 3,410,922
Highest Population Growth Rate 9.38% (National3.2%)
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Land Area 20,131 km2 , ranked 20th of 36 states
The state has more than 18,684 square
kilometres (92.81%) of cultivable land and is themost extensively irrigated state in the country
Environment: Very high air pollution in
metropolitan Kano, largely contributed by themotorcycles (Solution: reposition thebusiness).Waste disposal facilities inadequate
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GDP 2007 estimates
Kano Lagos
appr $12.4 billion $33.7 billion
Note that Kano has more population thanLagos but has less than half the GDP
Johannesburg in S/Africa has $110 billion
GDPPopulation of London Approx 7.7 million, butGDP $565 billion!
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Education background
Kano Grade 4 children averaged 10% in English and
13% in Maths tests
Fewer than 4 in 10 Kano children complete basiceducation
1,620 Kano primary teachers competence tested at
Grade 4 level: not one scored >75%.
4 out of every 5 Kano teachers
scored between 0% and 25%.
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Education continue
In 8 Kano LGAs, there are more than 100children per primary classroom.
4 out of every 10 classrooms lack a useableblackboard.
1/2 primary schools and 1/4 JSS have no water.
200 primary children per toilet in Kano Stateand 1,200 per toilet in Nassarawa LGA.
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Health
Percentage of deliveries in health facility 8.4%(national 35%)
Births attended by skilled health worker
12.7% (39%)
Maternal mortality 1025 per 100,000 (545)
Infant mortality 91per 1000 live births (85.8)
Tuberculosis incidence 660 per 100,000 (295)
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Business Environment- TaxAdministration: Current Situation
I. Untapped revenue potential. Only 13% of its recurrent revenue is
internally generated and dependence on the Federation Account is
almost total. [Compare: Lagos (63%), Sokoto 46.6%, Ogun 27.5% ,
Ondo 16% and national average 15%]
II. inefficiently managed revenue agency- with a weak administrative and
enforcement structure, barely able to perform its basic functions.
III. Multiplicity of taxes: with reportedly over 150 taxes, levies and other
charges being imposed mostly on small business.
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Land Administration: CurrentSituation
Land admin procedures: cumbersome and vulnerable to
malpractices
Secure titles exists for less than 3% of land, preventing the
poor and businesses from using it to raise finance and denyingthe state an opportunity to raise property-related revenues
The time and cost of obtaining construction permits and utility
connections is huge delaying land development
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Investment Promotion andFacilitation: Current Situation
I. Inadequate information on the states investment policy
II. Objectives/strategy to guide the state ministry of
commerces investment promotion operation is lacking
III. Poor governance, direction and support for investment
promotion operationsIV. Lack of full range of investment promotion functions
V. Lack of useful or useable (information) product and service
delivery
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Meat and Leather Industries
Leather is the highest non oil revenue generatingsector in Nigeria
Industry revenue as of 21st Century is in the rangeof 600 700 m USD annually. Mainly from
industries in Kano
About 40 50% of the row leather is imported fromsub-saharan Africa as far as Sudan and Somalia
Undeveloped Finished Leather Goods industry over 30 million pairs of shoes imported from Chinaalone (up to $300 miilion) opportunity to developthe sector and generate revenue for Kano
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Meat sector is worth about 1.5 trillion Naira annually a
large chunk of this is from Kano state
It is basically small scale, cash based, unregulated sector
Employs about a million people nationwide and about a
quarter of this from Kano
There are problems of meat quality, hygiene, and meat
storage and transported systems
High level meat end users (hotels, airline, super makrkets)import meat from south Africa and Brazil due to poor
hygienic quality of Nigerian meat
There is an opportunity to improve the animal husbandry,
herd productivity, inspection (pre and post mortem),
processing, and transportation
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Good governance practices
A positive area of reforms is that multi-year planning and
budgeting systems are in place which can be used to deliver
government priorities.
Although in some areas weak financial management systemsfall below international standards - most MDAs do not receive
budgeted funds.
Absence of performance management systems for both
organisations and individuals - how is success identified?
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DFID Nigeria: History and PoliticalContext
The Department for InternationalDevelopment (DFID)the UK governmentsinternational development ministry
DFID has worked in Nigeria since the return
to civilian ruleMajor, cross-party, UK commitment tointernational development target of 0.7%of GNI on overseas aid by 2013
Current budget for Nigeria is 140 millionper year. This will rise to 305 million peryear by 2014.
Aid is controversial need to demonstrate
real results from our growing investments.
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Why Nigeria?
Total economy is one twentieth the size of UKs
economy, with many more people
Nigeria has a quarter of the continents extreme
poor. The country has the most poor men and
women after India and China
More than 100 million Nigerians (64%) live on less
than 1 a day.
Nigeria now has 10% of the worlds children out of
school. 10% of the worlds child and maternal
deaths, and 25% of global malarial cases.
60% of 6-17 year old girls in northern Nigeria are
not in school
Unless progress is made in Nigeria, Africa will fail to
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How DFID works in Nigeria
Federal and State level work. Offices Abuja,Kano, Lagos, Enugu.
5 focal states currently Kano, Kaduna,Jigawa, Lagos, Enugu
Plan to expand to 3 more states in thenorth, and expand engagement in existingstates.
DFID designs, funds and oversees a series of
programmes, operated by contractorsselected by competitive tender.
Programmes designed in consultation withpartners to support Federal and State
Governments development priorities.
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How DFID works in Nigeria
Main programmes in Kano State are:
Economic growth/jobs-GEMS
Education-ESSPIN
Health Partnership-PATHS2Governance-SPARC and Justice for All
Civil society-SAVI
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Summary of DFID support to Kano-Education
Water for 22,500 children
Toilets for 12,000 children
11,050 girls receiving Conditional Cash Transfers for
enrolment and attendance
4,800 children and 1,620 teachers assessed
7,000 days head teacher and teacher training
Training teams, QAA, Advisory Services, materials
300 SBMCs established
2,000 community members trained
11,500 government staff training days
N42,000,000 School Grants paid
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Summary of DFID support to Kano-Health
Supported the development of prioritised andcosted Kano State Strategic HealthDevelopment Plan.
Deferral and Exemption (D&E) and
Community Health Insurance (CBIS) ashealth financing options. Agency and 329HFs supported with drugs and consumabl
Drug and Medical Consumables Supply es
worth over N550 million.Established 329 local health committeesacross the 44 LGAs.
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Summary of DFID support to Kano-Governance
Developed a Financial ManagementInformation System for improved accountingand reporting. Accurate accounts could beproduced within PAC timetable.
Improved financial management systems forcentral control of government funds alldormant bank accounts closed and bankaccounts reduced to one per MDA.
Supported KnSGs plan for Vision 20:2020 considered by the National PlanningCommission as the best in Nigeria.
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Summary
DFID has a track record of successfullysupporting states to improve services andreduce poverty.
DFID and its programmes can help Kano
State Government to achieve itsdevelopment objectives.
We are keen to discuss how best tosupport you.